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A. Ostrich South America $200.00

,27 Ibex Europe 10.00

. 28 Alligator Soutl America. 15.00 l 29 Ape South-America 10.00

B. (londolnh. SOuth'AmericaHH. 30.00 30 Beaver North America 5.00 31Ohamelon South America 2.00 32 Civet North Africa 2.00 C. Toucan SouthAmerica 10.00 3 Ermine Russian Siberia..." 300.00 34 Gnu South Africa20.00

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38 Iclineumon Egypt. I 25.00 Bird of Paradise..... Australia 35.00 39Jap'kal india 5.00 40 Raccoon NortllAmerican u'- 5.00 A 41' -WalrllsArtie Circle 15.00

F. Lyle-Bird Australia... v 50.00 42 Zebu... Australia '5000 43 LeopardAfrica 15.00 44 Weasel Temperate Zone 3.00 G. Cassowary I Australia10.00 45 Otter North America 5.00

46 Sable Russia 150.00

47 Oppossum America 3.00

H. Cockatoo Australia]. 510.00

48 Musk-Ox Hudson Bay 10.00

49 Moose Nol'tllAmerica 1 5.00

50 Lynx .1 North America 5.00 1. Golden Pheasant..... Asia 10.00 51 Wllite Bear Polar Regions 15.00 52 Cougar South America 5.00 53 HareTemperate Zone 3.00 l J. Flamingoes Florida 5.00 54 Gopher A rnerica3.00 55 Gazelle North M ll-a 10.00

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GEORGE WQBRONG, or MILWAUKEE, wisconsm.

. CH EC-K-CONTFOLLED :GAME APPARATUS- SPECIFICATION forming part orLetters Patent No. 518,875, datedApril 24, 1894.

Applicetionfiled February 1,1994. Serial 1T0. $98,636. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BRONG,'a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, State of Wiscousin, haveinvented a certain-new and useful Improvementin Check-Controlled GameApparatus; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention', such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being badto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to game apparatus,

and more particularly to that. class of game apparatus in which chips,checks, or other circu ar articles are employed to free the locki'ngmechanism.

My improved game apparatus will be fully described hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention.

7 Fig. 2 is 'a view of the same, showing the front of the casingremoved, and showing por ions of the -interior in elevation and portionsin section. Fig. 3. is a rear elevation of the interior of my improvedapparatus, the rear of the casing having been removed, and showing partof the casing broken away tobetter illustrate the arrangement of thepush but ton which actuates the lock-freeing device. Fig. 4 is abrokenrear elevation of the same, showing a changed position of the parts.Fig. 5 is a vertical detail sectional view, taken online 5-.5 of Fig. 3.Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail elevation of the upper end of the armwhiclractuates. the rotating wheel. Fig. 7 is adetail view illustratinga preferred form of checks-or chips. Fig. 8 is a view illustrating atally or score card, for employment in connection with my improvedapparatus, and the checks or chips. Fig. 9-is a vertical sectional viewof a somewhat different form 'of receptacle for the checks or chips inthe'back part of the case of the machine.

Referring by letter to said drawings, .A des: -ignates a suitable casingprovided adjacent to its front part with a vertical board or partition Bover which a glass '0 isgplaced. A

' series of pins or other obstructions b b are distributed: over thefront surface of the plate B,

Y the front face of said board and said glass, in

.to find its way'downwardlyto the lower part and'the glass G islocatedat suflicient distance in front of the board B, to permit the passage ofa circular chip or check between an obvious manner, and a suitable slotB is.

provided in the topot' the casing and communicates with ,the spacebetween the board and the glass'as shown more particularly in Fig. 2.The obstructions b b are conveniently arranged in an approximatequincunx order over the front surface of the board 13, so that in orderforoneof the checks or chips 5 of .the casing, after having been droppedin atthe slot B, it will. necessarilyihave to describe a zig-zag coursebetween said obstructions. Below the central part of the plate 13,1provide a wheel D, mounted upon a-revoluble shaft d, and provided withfront and rear walls D D, and with radial division walls (1' d, whichserve to separate the space between the front and rear walls of thewheel, into a desired number of sector shaped .compart. ments, as shownmore particularly in Fig. '2 of the drawings.

Adjacent to opposite sides of the casing, and outside of the peripheryof the wheel 1), I provide chutes E and E which lead iutothe rear partof the casing. Back of the board 13,1 provide a vertical partition Fthrough which the chutes E and E are arranged to pass, in the mannershown inFigsJ2aud3.

A chute G is secured to the backof the board or partition F, in suchposition as to receive any chips or checks discharged from the chute Eas shown more particularly in Fig. 90.

' 3, and said chute is made open along one edge as at g andis providedat its other edge with an angular or oblique shoulder or rib g, whichextends inwardly, adjacent to the central part of the chute" and isarranged to recede adjacent to the lower part of the chute.

Upon the rear end of the shaft (1 I provide a suitable wheel H havingaplurality of spokes h, and adjacent to the partition F, a plurality ofteeth or. corrugations h, as shown, said wheel H being adapted foroperation ina manner to be presentlydescribed to elfect a rotation ofthe wheel D upon the forward end of the shaft. A spring H is secured inany the manner shown more particularly in Figs.

3 and i, said spring being provided with a rounded or bent end adaptedto enter between two adjacent teeth of said hub, and to normallyhold thewheel II and wheel D from rotation; i

A bell crank lever I, is pivoted at z to the rear of the partition F andis arranged with one of its arms in the vertical path of a push rodJ,which extends upwardly through the top of the casing A and carries atits upper end a push button J which is protected by ahouslng j. To theother arm of the bell crank lever I, is secured one end of a spring 1which is fastened at its other end to a stationary part of the device,and serves to normally hold the bell crank in the position indicated inFig. 3, with the push rod J sup ported thereby in an elevated position.An arin L is pivotally secured at Z to the lower part of the bell crank,and is normally pressed away from the bell-crank by a spring 1 as shownin Fig. 3, the upper free end of said arm L resting normally inengagement, with the oblique side or edge of the chute G. Upon the sideof the arm adjacent to said chute is provided an oblique projection Lterminat ing at its lower endin ahook which is adapted to engage with ashoulderor projection Z upon the chute in the manner shown. At the free.upper end of the arm L is provided a pivoted pawl M, adapted forengagement with the spokes h h of the wheel 11. A shoulder or stop m, isarranged at the side of the chute G in the path of the upper end of thearm L, so that under ordinary conditions the upward movement of said armwould be prevented by the engagement of its upper end with said shoulderor stop in an obvious manner, and the operation of the movable parts bymeans of the push button thereby prevented.

As indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the arrangement of the obliqueprojection L upon the arm L is such that should a chipor check descendthrough the chute E into the chute G it would follow the oblique flangeor rib g and rest between the receding oblique rib, below the center ofthe chute and the oblique projection L. If now the push-button beoperated, the bell crank will be rotated upon itspivotal support, itslower end moved toward the right, and the arm L pressed upwardly inanobvious manner, and by this operation the chip or check will be rotatedbetween the two oblique parts g and L in such a manner as to crowd thefree upper end of the arm L away from the chute and out of line with theshoulder m. ously free the moving parts.

Below the hook L the arm L is provided with'an oblique projection Nadapted for engagement with an oblique face a, at the side of the chuteG in the manner shown more particularly in Fig. 4,and the arrangementThis will obvi end of the arm has been freed from the shoulder in saidprojection N will come into ongagement with the oblique surface it andserve to hold the upper end of the arm away from the chute, and by afurther operation of the push-button, will serve to crowd the free endof said arm over into line with the spokes 711 71 of the wheel ll in anobvious manner. As the arm I is crowded away from the chute by theengagement of the projection N with the oblique face 21. of said chute,the oblique projection L will be carried farther away from the obliquerib or ilangc 9 so as to free the coin and permit it to drop and bedischarged from the lower end of said chute, as will be presentlydescribed. As the pressure upon the push button is con tinned, and thearm L is forced upward, and

wheel H, said wheel. will be partially rotated against the resistance ofthe spring II in an obvious manner, and as the wheel reaches theposition indicated in Fig. l, a projection 0 'upon the arm I will comeinto engagement with the corrugated or toothed hub of the wheel so as'toprevent further rotation there of, while. the parts are in the positionshown in said Fig. 4. In this position the free end of the spring IIwill bear upon one of the teeth or corrugations of the hub and itstendency will be to rotate the wheel into the position indicated in Fig.3, as soon as said wheel is 'freed from the arm. By this construction, arotation of the wheel for a distance more than one tooth at a singleoperation of the push button is prevented. As soon as the push button isfreed, the spring I will serve to automatically return all of the movingparts except the wheel to their initial positions.

It follows from the foregoing description that a chip, check or othercircular object which may be dropped through the slot 13 willnecessarily take a zig-zag course in its descent through the spacebetween the glass 0 and the board 13 and that when it reaches the lowerpart of the board 13 it may take any one of several courses or paths ofegress, and the wheel being in the position indicated in Fig. 2, saidcheck or chip will be free to drop 'into either of the uppermostcompartments of the wheel, or to descend through either of the chutes Eor E. It follows, therefore, that all chips or checks which drop intothe compartments of the wheel will be retained therein so long as thewheel is unmovcd,but that upon a rotation of the wheel for a distance ofone tooth, there being as many teeth as there are divisions (1', one ofthe compartments will be moved into position'to discharge its contentsinto thelower part of the casing, while the other compartment willassume the position previously occupied by the first mentionedcompartment. It will also be undew stood from the foregoing, that when achip or check descends through the chute l into the is such that aboutthe time when the upper scribed to enable the push button and ;the

rod connected therewith 'to efiect an adjhst-.

ment of the moving parts so as to produce an ad; ustment of the wheelH'and the wheel D.

vOn the other hand if the chip or check fails E, to the rear of thecasing where it may be received by a chute e and directed into anysuitable receptacle'or compartment.

I have shown by the dotted lines in Fig, 3 a boxlf as located in thelower rear partof the casing for the reception of such chips forcheclgs, which is. conveniently held detachably n position by means ofsuitable springs n p secured to the bottom of the casing, although thisIsa matter of no importance and any suitable means may be employed forsecuring said box orrece'ptacle in position.

The bottom oft thecasing is conveniently fitted with ablock-R,"whichjisarranged beheath the wheel Din front of the partition Fand is cut away at "its upper edge to con-. form to the periphery ofsaid wheel in themanner'shownin Fig. 2. This block is pro-- videdwith' ahopper shaped recess, in its front side, which approaches an apex at itslower end, and the rear wall of which inclines down-- wardly-audoutwardly toward the front of the casing. This "hopper shaped recessbeing shown moreparticularly at R in Fig. 2. By

this construction, thehopper R is-adapted' to receive all chips orchecks discharged from the compartments of the wheel, and to direct thesame toward the central part oft-the front of the casing, in which anopening a is provided for thedischarge of the chips or checks.Furthermore I prefer to provide a suitable aperturef in the partition F'through'which the lower end of the chute G is arranged to project, andto providea supplemental in? clinedpassage 'r in the blockRinto whichsaid chute G is arranged to discharge, and it,

. ceeded indrbpping a check or chip into the easing, which check or chippasses through follows therefore that 'whenaplayer'has sucthe chute Eand serves to open, or to free the locking device, said check or chipwill bedis charged fromthe chute G through the. passage raud'theaperture a as soon asthe'push s button has been operated,

4 The manner of using my improved-game apparatus is asfollows:Anumber-ofplayers} provide themselves each with a given number of chipsor checks, and drop the same through theslot in the top of thecasing,,un-

til one player succeeds in freeing'the lockingdevice in the manner justdescribed,;when he operates the push button and'thereby adjuststli'ewheel so as to discharge the contents of one of the com partmentsthereof-'into the hop per B, when said chip or check-will bedischargedfrom the lower end of said hopper,

and through the opening a in the casing, said pla er also receiving backthe chip or check which has served to free the locking device; admissionof checks or chips, a plurality of Any suitable or desired scale ofpoints may be agreed uponand-the checks or chips may eaoh represent acertain value or number of tions as desired. I preferhowever to employin connection with the described apparatus a plurality of chips orchecks provided with nu,mbers,-characters or other distinguishing withsheets or cards such as shown in Fig. 8,

with a column of figures,"charac ters or marks corresponding to thoseupon the chips or checks, and opposite said figures, characters or'marks, a column-of names of animals or names of the countries orlocalities where such animals or birds are found, and to the right ofthis column a column of blank spaces mercial use to which said animalsor birds are column of figures representing the valuations of thedifierent animals or birds, which valuations are of coursearbitrarily"determined, and at the right of this column stillanothercolumn of blank spaces for the insertion of amounts, with a spaceat the bottom of said column for a total. I

"In playing a game of points, each player is given a card or sheet-suchas I have just described, said player writing his name in the "blank atthe top ofthesheet. When a player has'been fortunate enough to free thelock-' ing device, and to obtain a'number of chips here or 1-charactersin the left hand column corresponding to the numbers or characters uponthephips. or checks-which he has received, fills in the blank spaces,'in.the 001- or birds named, andin theright-hand column places the amountsdesignating ,theflvalues' thereof,

If desired a forfeit maybe imposed for a failure to properly fill in thespaces'in the birdswhich will be deductedfrom thetotal -number ofpoints.

When all. the chips orchecks havebeen vcasing,havinga slot in'its upperend for the put, at the'right of which column appears a 1. ,A gameapparatus comprisinga suitable points or they may. be given differentvaluamarks, and to employ in connection there-V each of said sheets orcards being provided birds, to the rightof which is a column of the..

for the insertioh'by the player of the comor checks, he checks off fromthe list the nun'iummwhich designates the uses of'the animals columndevoted to the uses of the animalsor used, 'eacli player foots up thetotai of the -amounts in the right hand column, and the I player-who hasthelargest total after the deobstructions'in the path of said checks orchips, a wheel located in the lower part of the casing, and providedwith a plurality oi. compartments for checks or chips, a locking devicefor normally holding said wheel stationary, a .chute adapted to receivechecks or chips, and a lock freeing device adapted for engagement by acheck or chip, which passes through said chute, and a device extendingto the outside of the casing and, adapted for operation by hand, to freesaid locking dev1ce,. and effect a partial rotation of the wheelsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

2 A game apparatus comprising a suitable caslng, having in its upper enda slot for the insertion of checks or chips, a movable receptacle forchecks orchips, in the lower part of the casing, a device for normallylocking said receptacle from movement, a chute adapted to receivecertainof said chips or checks, a lock freeing device adapted for engagement bya check or chip which descends through said chute, and adapted to engagewith and ad ust said receptacle and a device extending tothe outside ofthe casing and adapted for operation by hand to adjust said lock-freeingdevice, substantially as described.

3 Agame apparatus comprising a suitable casing, provided in its upperend with a slot for checks or chips, a plurality of obstruc trons in thepath of said checks or chips a reg ceptacle for checks or chi ps'movably supported 1n thebottom of said casing, a device for normallyholding said recepta le from move J ment, a chute adapted to receivecertain of said checks or chips, a device adapted for engagement by acheck 0! chip which passes through said chute, and adapted for operationby a suitable device which extends to the outside of the casing, toadjust said receptacle, so as to discharge its contents and a hop er'orreceptacleadapted totreceive the disc arged checks or chips, andprovided .with an outlet aperture through which said checks or chips maydischarge from the easmg, substantially as described.

4 ,A,gal nc apparatus comprisingasuitable casing, provided in its upperendwith a slot for checks or'chips, a plurality of obstructlons in thepath 'ofsaid checks or chips, a receptacle for checks or chips movablysupported in the bottom of said casing, a device for normally holding.said receptacle from movement, a chute adapted to receive certainof saidchecks or chipsga device adapted for engagement by a check or chip whichpasses through said chute, and adapted for operation by a suitabledevice which extends to the outside of the casing, to adjust saidreceptacle, so as to discharge its contents and ahopper or receptacleadapted to receive the discharged checks or chips, and provided with anoutlet aperture for the discharge of said checks or chips from thecasing, the

to discharge into said hopper or receptacle, substantially as described.

5. Agame apparatus comprising a casing having a slot in its upper endfor the insertion of checks or chips, a plurality of ob structions inthe path of said checks or chips a receptacle for checks or chipsmovably supported in thebb'ttorn of the casing, a device for normallyholding the receptacle from lower end of said chute being also arrangedmovement, a chute adapted to receive cer-,

tain of said checks or chips, a device adapted for engagement by a checkor chip, which passes throughsaid chute, and adapted for operationbysuitable devices'extending to theoutside of the casing, to adjustsaidreceptacle so as to discharge its contents, a

hopper, adapted, to receive the discharged checks or chips and providedwith an outlet aperture for the discharge of said checks or chips fromthe casing, and a second chute adapted to receive certain of the checksor chips, and arranged to discharge intoa suitable compartment orreceptacle within the casing substantially as described.- I

6. .A game apparatus comprising a casing A having a slot in its upperend, board 13, provided with obstructions b, arranged beneath said slot,the revoluble wheel D, adapted to receive checks or chips, .chute Eleading into the back part ofthe casing, chute E leading to the lockingmechanism, bell crank I, arnrL connectedwith said'bell crank and adaptedto adjust the wheel by engagement with the wheel II on the axis thereof,push rod J engaged'with the bell crank andprovid ed with the push buttonJ, and the hopper R- communicating with the discharge aperture a, andarranged to receive checks or chips discharged from the wheel D andthelocking'mechanism, substantially as clescribed.

In testimony whereofl sign this specifica= tion in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE WV. BRONG.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. 'WILES, M. M. WILEs.

